Premier Properties: Desert Mountain Club & Community

Scottsdale, Ariz. There’s change in the air at Desert Mountain, where an increase in new members and real estate sales is showing a definite youth movement. Last year, Desert Mountain surpassed its all-time record for custom-home sales, nearing $200 million year-to-date. In the past six months, the community has welcomed 90 new members, with 85 […]

Premier Properties: Dataw Island Club

Beaufort, S.C. The hospitality, friendliness, and kindness that you find here were a big draw,” says Michelle Seal, who moved to Dataw Island with her husband, Brian, this past year. “We really wanted to be in a small town, near the water, but without too much traffic. The minute we drove over the causeway, it […]

Premier Properties: Rancho San Lucas Golf Club

Los Cabos, Mexico The centerpiece of an 834-acre resort and residential community fronting a 1.2-mile stretch of beach on the Pacific Ocean, the Greg Norman-designed course at Rancho San Lucas, 15 minutes from downtown Cabo San Lucas, promises to be the destination’s next great golf venue. “When we were first asked to build a golf […]

Belfair – South Carolina Golf Community

By Graylyn Loomis In 1811 William Telfair and Betsey Bellinger of Savannah, Ga., were married and built a plantation in Bluffton, S.C. They called it Belfair, a combination of their two names. Today, more than 200 years later, that rich history and tradition remain a key part of Belfair—recognized by its half mile avenue of […]

Links Living: The Reserve Club

The perfect mix of solitude and convenience, this private community blends harmoniously with its desert surroundings If you crave seclusion and serenity in a private golf club and residential community, The Reserve Club in California’s Coachella Valley should be high on your list of places to ponder. Minutes from the Rodeo Drive of the Desert, […]

Links Living: Timbers Kaua’i Ocean Club & Residences at Hōkūala

This resort community gives owners the chance to enjoy the best of both worlds Many golf communities boast of their “resort-like” atmosphere. Hōkūala actually is a resort, where owners can enjoy all the amenities—and get a few of their own. First and foremost is the Ocean Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature design that has been […]

Links Living: Desert Highlands

The original desert-golf community has found a novel way to stay young Scottsdale is synonymous today with high-end communities featuring golf courses from leading architects. But it’s worth remembering that the northern reaches of this area, 30 miles from downtown Phoenix, were little more than cactus and rocks three decades ago and that the transformation […]

Links Living: The Country Club at Mirasol

Young and vibrant, this Palm Beach-area club is undergoing big changes to be ready for a bright future Forget what you think you know about golf communities in Palm Beach: Upscale doesn’t have to mean old. “Families and young professionals have always been a big part of Mirasol,” says General Manager Matt Lambert. “Of our […]

Links Living: Boot Ranch

Deep in the heart of Texas is a community as big and bold as the state itself After designing the course, Hal Sutton said, “You can learn everything you need to know about the game of golf at Boot Ranch.” You can learn how to build a great golf community, too. Boot Ranch is five […]

Links Living: Wilderness Club

A scenic Faldo course is just one of  the attractions of this family-friendly enclave in Big Sky Country Golf may be our biggest amenity, but it is not our only amenity,” explains Brian Ehlert, managing partner of Wilderness Club, which is located in the northwestern corner of Montana amid the Rocky Mountains and forests of […]